308 AYES : PASSEEES. — XLVI. 



mon red above ; lower parts thickly spotted ; bill nearly straight, 

 shorter and much less curved than in the other Harporhynchi, five 

 species of which occur in the S. W. L. 11. W. 4. T. 5^. B. 1. 

 E. U. S., abundant. A brilliant songster, its notes similar to those 

 of the mocking-bird, but softer and less varied. 



523. THRYOTHORUS Vieillot. {6pvov, reed ; Bovpos, leaping.) 

 a. Tail not longer than wings, its feathers all brown with fine black bars. 



1001. T. ludovicianus (Gmelin). Carolina Ween. Mock- 

 ing Wren. Clear reddish brown, brightest on rump; pale buffy 

 below; wings barred; a pale superciliary stripe. L. 6. W. 2^. 

 T. 2^. E. U. S., southerly, N. to Penn. ; a remarkable singer. 



523 b. THRYOMANES Sclater. 

 aa. Tail longer than wings. 



1002. T. bevyickii (Audubon). Umber brown above ; brownish 

 white below; white streak above eye and on neck. L. 5^. W. 2\. 

 T. 2^. S. U. S., N. to Penn. and Minn. (To Thos. Bewick.) 



524. TROGLODYTES Vieillot. (rpaykohhrjs, cave-dweller.) 

 a. Tail more than } wing. {Troglodytes.) 



1003. T. aedon Vieillot. House Wren. Brown, brightest be- 

 hind ; rusty below ; everywhere above and behind barred or waved 

 ■with darker, distinctly so on wings, tail, and crissum. L. 5. W. 2. 

 T. 2. E. U. S., abundant; an active and familiar little bird. 



524 b. ANORTHURA Kennie. 

 OM. Tail very short, less than } wing. 



1004. A. hlemalis (Vieillot). Winter Wren. Deep reddish- 

 brown, waved with dusky ; wings, tail, and belly posteriorly sharply 

 barred. L. 4. W. If. T. 1\. N. Am., U. S. in winter, common 

 N. ; a fine singer. (Lat., wintry.) 



525. CISTOTHORUS Cabanis. (kiVtos, a shrub, rock-rose; 

 6ovpot, leaping.) 

 u. Bill about half as long as head; no white superciliary line, ( Cistothorus .) 



1005. C. stellaris (Lichtenstein). Short-billed Marsh Wren. 

 Dark brown, head and back darker ; entire upper parts with white 

 streaks; lower parts buffy. L. 4^. W. If. T. If E. U. S., in 

 marshes ; rather rare. (Lat., starry.) 



aa. Bill slender, about as long as head; a conspicuous white superciliary line. 

 {Telmatodytes Cab.) 



1006. C. palustris (Wilson). Long-billed Marsh Wren. 

 Clear brown ; back with a black patch containing white streaks ; 

 otherwise unstreaked above ; crown blackish ; lower parts brownish 

 white. L. 5. W. 2. T. If. U. S., abundant in reedy swamps. 



